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VETERINARY MEDICAL EXAMINING BOARD

DIVISION 5

GENERAL

875-005-0000

Board Meetings

The Board shall hold regular meetings at least once each year, at such time and place as the Board may designate. The Chair of the Board may call special meetings for the Board at any time through the year as such meetings are necessary.

(1) “Agency”: Any animal control
department, humane society, or facility which contracts with a public agency or
arranges to provide animal sheltering services and is registered by the Oregon State
Board of Pharmacy.

(2) “Board”: The
Oregon State Veterinary Medical Examining Board.

(3) “Board of Pharmacy”:
The Oregon State Board of Pharmacy.

(4) “Certified Euthanasia
Technician or “CET”. A person who is employed by or a volunteer at a
humane society or animal control agency and is certified by the Board pursuant to
ORS 475.190(4). Any person who was trained prior to October 15, 1983 in euthanasia
methods, in the course provided by Multnomah County Animal Control and the Oregon
Humane Society, and who has been subsequently certified by the Board.

(5) “Client”: An
entity, person, group or corporation that has entered into an agreement with a veterinarian
for the purpose of obtaining veterinary medical services.

(6) “Comprehensive”:
Pertaining to all animal species.

(7) “Conviction of Cruelty
to Animals”: for purposes of ORS 686.130(11) is defined to include but not
limited to animal abuse in the first or second degree, aggravated animal abuse in
the first degree, and animal neglect in the first degree.

(8) “Designated Agent”:
A CET who is responsible for the withdrawal and return of sodium pentobarbital from
the drug storage cabinet.

(9) “Good Standing and
Repute”: As used in ORS 686.045(1), means:

(a) A university accredited
by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA); or

(b) A foreign school listed
by the AVMA whose graduates are eligible to apply for a certificate through the
Educational Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates (ECFVG) committee of the
AVMA, or other programs approved by the Board.

(10) “Herd or Flock Animal”:
Animals managed as a group only for economic gain including but not limited to breeding,
sale, show, food production, or racing.

(11) “Mobile Clinic”:
A vehicle, including but not limited to a camper, motor home, trailer, or mobile
home, used as a veterinary medical facility. A mobile clinic is not required for
house calls or farm calls.

(12) Surgery Procedure:

(a) “Aseptic Surgery”:
Aseptic surgical technique exists when everything that comes in contact with the
surgical field is sterile and precautions are taken to ensure sterility during the
procedure.

(c) Any injection or implant
of a small permanent identification device is considered surgery.

(13) “Supervision”
means that each act shall be performed by any employee or volunteer in the practice
only after receiving specific directions from a licensed veterinarian.

(a) “Direct” supervision
under this provision means both the certified veterinary technician and the licensed
veterinarian are on the premises at the same time;

(b) “Immediate”
supervision under this provision means that the supervising veterinarian is in the
immediate vicinity of where the work is being performed and is actively engaged
in supervising this work throughout the entire period it is being performed;

(c) “Indirect” supervision
under this provision means that a CVT may, after receiving specific direction from
an Oregon-licensed veterinarian, perform duties permitted under OAR 875-030-0040
at a client’s home or other location whtere the animal is kept. A valid VCPR
must exist in order for a CVT to perform duties under indirect supervision.

(14) “Veterinary Client
Patient Relationship (VCPR)”: Except where the patient is a wild or feral
animal or its owner is unknown; a VCPR shall exist when the following conditions
exist: The veterinarian must have sufficient knowledge of the animal to initiate
at least a general or preliminary diagnosis of the medical condition of the animal.
This means that the veterinarian has seen the animal within the last year and is
personally acquainted with the care of the animal by virtue of a physical examination
of the animal or by medically appropriate and timely visits to the premises where
the animal is kept.

(15) “Veterinary Medical
Facility”: Any premise, unit, structure or vehicle where any animal is received
and/or confined and veterinary medicine is practiced, except when used for the practice
of veterinary medicine pursuant to an exemption under ORS 686.040.

(16) “Veterinary Technician”:
a person licensed by the Board as a Certified Veterinary Technician.

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